Service was temporarily suspended for upgrading the line and was taken
up on 15. december 2002 again. Initially border-crossing trains were operated by DB Regio,
in autumn 2006 Arriva took over operation of all passenger trains.
Since March 2003 the first regular freight-trains since several decades run
via this border crossing, as ACTS started a garbage-service between Groningen and Bremen,
operated by NWC on the German part.

This railway re-opened for advertised passenger traffic on 16. November 2001.
As there is no through running connection
between this line and the NS network at Enschede, no freight
traffic is possible.

operator

used stock

DB AG

643 (services Enschede - Gronau - Münster/W.)

PEG

643 (services Enschede - Gronau - Dortmund)

thanks to Pieter Bosch
(last update: January 2006)

Arnhem - Emmerich (electrified)

NS worked passenger services to
» Emmerich,
where various tracks have switchable catenary. With introduction of coasting through
"ICE International"-services almost all passenger trains have been
discontinued.
The extension of a regional service operated by NS from Arnhem to Emmerich was
announced in 2002 but hasn't been realised yet.

DB works passenger services to
» Venlo, whereas only
occasional trains still run through. Switchable tracks are used by single-voltage
locos in the passenger-section, the freight-section is divided into two parts.

operator

used stock

NS Int

17, 18 (as far as Venlo only)

Railion NL

64xx/65xx (as far as Venlo only)

DB

110, 111 (as far as Venlo only)

Railion D

140, 145, 150, 151, 152, 155, 185, 189, 290 (as far as Venlo only)

DLC

PB 03, 12, 14

Rail4Chem

PB 05

ERS

class 66 to Rotterdam

HGK

various diesels to Rotterdam

thanks to Roland Korving, Andreas Nessel (last update: April 2004)

[Mönchengladbach -] Dalheim - Roermond (non-electrified)

The railway between Antwerp and the Ruhr via Neerpelt (B), Weert (NS), Roermond (NS) and Dalheim (DB), is popularly known as the "Iron Rhine" because it potentially offers an alternative route for freight traffic to that via this major waterway. However, since 1991 no traffic has routinely flowed across the two borders along this route, notably because the sections concerned need renovation, and Belgium and the Netherlands disagreed about what work was needed and how to share the cost of doing it.
Under the provisions of Art. XII of the 1839 "Scheidingsverdrag" the Permanent Arbitrage Court was asked to settle the matter, and on 24 May 2005 the Belgian Prime Minister stated that the Belgian and Netherlands governments intended to discuss how to implement the ruling issued under its auspices. According to a news item in Le Soir of 17 June 2005, the SNCB hopes that the Iron Rhine can be reopened shortly; for this purpose it has already equipped diesel locos 5507, 5517, 5523, 5526, 5533 and 7771-7790 with in-cab signal repeating equipment of the types used by DB and NS.
Details of the work now in course on renovating the line are given (in
Dutch) on Project IJzeren Rijn; the western section Neerpelt - Weert is due to reopen on 1 Oct. 2005, and it is expected that some or all DLC's Antwerp - Born - Duisburg trains will then be re-routed to use it instead of running via Roosendaal.

This is part of the line used by passenger trains between Aachen and Maastricht
until they were diverted to run to Heerlen via Herzogenrath. The junction
north of Aachen West has been removed.Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij now runs tourist steam trains between
Schin op Geul and Kerkrade via Simpelveld. A branch service from Simpelveld
over the border to Vetschau operates since summer 2001.